Last verified: 5 October 2026
Start with the battery-health guide
Everything that matters about state-of-health reports, warranty transfers and degradation data lives in our used EV battery health guide — read it before inspecting anything. The short version: SoH report or walk away.
Benchmark against new prices first
Australia's EV price war means a used car is only a deal measured against today's new price, not the price the seller paid. When an MG4 is $33,990 drive-away new, a two-year-old one at $26,000 isn't a bargain. Check the current deals page before negotiating anything used.
Coming soon: the used EV price tracker
We're building a monthly-used-price index by model and age — asking vs selling, with battery-health-adjusted benchmarks. It will ship with Dataset schema and CSV downloads like the rest of our data drops. Join the newsletter below to get the first release.
Frequently asked questions
Increasingly yes. Prices fell sharply through 2024–25 and have stabilised, so a 3–4-year-old EV with a verified battery report can be outstanding value — often half the new price with 85–90% of the battery life remaining and years of battery warranty left.
Battery state of health. Get an SoH report via OBD dongle or dealer diagnostic before money changes hands. Everything else — panel gaps, tyres, interior — is ordinary used-car checking.
Tesla Model 3/Y hold best, followed by mainstream Korean EVs. Early MG ZS EVs and Nissan Leafs are cheapest to buy but carry older tech and faster degradation — buy them cheap or not at all.